Displaying 1 of 1 1987 Format: Book Author: Wilcox, James, author. Title: Miss Undine's living room / a novel by James Wilcox. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Harper & Row, Publishers [1987] ©1987 Description: 275 pages ; 22 cm Summary: Narrates the often comical events in Tula Springs surrounding the suspicious death of a male nurse caring for Uncle L.D., a bedridden octogenarian. Series: Voices of the South. Voices of the South. Subjects: Tula Springs (La: Imaginary place) -- Fiction Louisiana -- Fiction. Genre: Humorous fiction. Notes: 441274 ; *441275 LCCN: 86046109 ISBN: 0060157615 Other Number: 15252310 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Fiction/Biography Profile Genre Southern fictionHumorFiction Topics Southern lifeSmall town lifeEccentrics Setting Tula Springs, Louisiana - South (U.S.) Time Period 1980s -- 20th century Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Publishers Weekly ReviewIn this loose, sprawling novel, Wilcox is back in tiny Tula Springs, La., the setting of Modern Baptists and North Gladiola. Here, he takes an oblique approach to crime solving that is, in essence, a wry study of small-town eccentrics and miscreants as they go their busy ways campaigning for political office, stirring up trouble in City Hall, or carrying on clandestine affairs. The crime itself is largely ignored for much of the book. Did Mr. Versey, a nasty male nurse, jump to his death from Uncle L. D. Loraine's second-story window, or did Uncle L. D., a bedridden and befuddled nonagenarian, push him? Donna Lee Keeley, a fresh-faced, brisk young lawyer takes the case when authorities mull over bringing Uncle L. D. before a grand jury. Dr. Munrow, the upright principal of the local prep school, visits Uncle L. D. privately and strongly advises him to admit to murder. Mrs. Undine, a former civics teacher who knows everyone and everything, and Olive Mackie, a distant relative of Uncle L. D., are at the center of the action, and Olive eventually pulls all the strings necessary to solve the mystery. Wilcox's droll humor as he chronicles the slightly peculiar way of life in Tula Springs should keep readers chuckling. (August 26) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reservedBooklist ReviewWilcox continues his hilarious series of southern novels with a look at the residents of Tula Springs, Louisiana a regional variation of Minnesota's venerable Lake Wobegon. Aged Uncle L. D. becomes the chief suspect in the death of his home-care nurse; Duane is cheating on his wife, Olive, with his old girlfriend Carol; and dental student Bates finds both his professional and private lives in shambles as unwelcome sexual attentions distract him from his practice. Through all these events runs the connecting thread of Miss Undine's considerable if not always calming presence. While the narrative is mainly made up of episodic vignettes rather than coming together as a full-blooded novel, this is not to deny the power of Wilcox' comic portraits and the skill of his descriptions and depictions. JB. [CIP] 86-46109 Summary James Wilcox, author of Modern Baptists, returns to Tula Springs to narrate the events surrounding the suspicious events of a male nurse caring for Uncle L.D.--a bedridden octagenarian. Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
